askcharliefoxtrot:

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2015/07/30/phishing-scam-targets-photographers-protecting-copyright/

So every 10th post on my dash for the last week has been about Wallpart, encouraging people to check the site to see if their artwork is being stolen and then to file a DCMA at the bottom and to sign a petition.

Don’t visit the site.

Don’t file a DCMA.

The website basically uses google image search when you punch in your name. There isn’t an actual working store on the site; no one can actually buy your art through this site.

So what’s the purpose of the site? When you file a DCMA you have to enter several pieces of personal information. Personal information which can then be sold to companies. It is a phishing scam, like those survey sites or contests. It’s just targeted at artists because artists are very protective of their work.

And if you stopped and thought about it, you’d realize how obvious this is. Especially since we already went through all of this months ago back in June. It exploded, everyone reblogged it, some folks actually did some investigating and found out that most of the links on the site don’t work and that you can’t actually buy anything from the store, actual reporters researched it, and it died down. Also; do you know how big of a file you would need to print a poster? Did you put a file that big online? 90% of you haven’t, which means any site that tried to print your stuff would have a blurry mess on the page.

So to summarize;

• Your art isn’t being stolen.
• Don’t visit the site.
• Don’t file a DCMA.
• Stop reblogging posts telling people to check the site for their art.
• Do a google search about the site before posting about it.
• Read these articles;
• https://fstoppers.com/news/website-will-steal-your-photos-and-then-hack-your-computer-77511
• https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2015/07/30/phishing-scam-targets-photographers-protecting-copyright/
• Go ahead and sign the petition / report the site to google / whatever.
  

Sorry if I sound obnoxious but I’m getting tired of replying to all these posts.